Little Squares

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1
What numbers have you found?
What is special about those numbers?
What do you notice?
Could you find the difference between two numbers that follow each other?
Have you drawn any other squares?
How many little squares do you think there will be in the next big square?
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